threeedgedsword35@yahoo.com writes:
Tolkien used "Goblins" only in "The Hobbit". It was a
kids' book after all, and he wanted a term that would
be familiar to the typical pre-teen/teen-ager.In a later revision of "The Hobbit", Tolkien added a
passage talking about Goblins, "even the really big
ones, the orcs."I saw a letter from him where he said he really
regreted using the term "goblin" and that the goblins
of "The Hobbit" and orcs of his other works were
really intended to be the same creatures.
I think Sting glowed in the presence of either creature also.
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